12th International Conference of FFC

November 29-December 1, 2012, SMU, Dallas, TX, USA

Together with the Department of Biology, SMU, we are very pleased to announce the International Conference "Functional Food Ingredients and Nutraceuticals in Chronic Disease: Science and Practice". It will be held at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX (USA).

The conference will bring together experts in medicine, biology, and the food industry to discuss the contribution of functional foods and bioactive compounds in the prevention and management of chronic diseases.

Main Conference Topics:

1. Functional Food Ingredients: Sources and Potential Benefits in Public Health2. Functional Food Ingredients and Chronic Diseases3. Role of Functional Food Ingredients in Nutrigenomics, Nutrigenetics, Proteomics, and Metabolomics4. Functional and Medical Foods in the Management of Chronic Diseases: Obesity, Diabetes, CVD, Cancer and other Chronic Diseases5. Research and Development of Functional and Medical Food Products

For detailed information about conference topics, please click here.

Standard Rate

Full Time Students* and PhD Students*

$295.00

Registered Dietitians* and Nurses*

$345.00

Representatives of Governmental Organizations (NIH, FDA, USDA)

$395.00

Members of Academia

$595.00

Members of Industry (Food and Medical Industry)

$595.00

Exhibitors/Vendors

$1195.00

*Letter of verification required by E-mail

Please note: space at this conference is limited and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.

Conference attendees will be eligible to receive a special rate of US $109 + tax, per night (breakfast included). This rate is available now through November 14th, 2012. To make a reservation, please call (800)-333-3333or 214-750-6060, and mention the "Functional Foods Conference" in order to get the special rate of $109.00 per night. Or if you prefer, you may reserve your hotel room online at http://www.holidayinn.com, using the promotional code: FFS.

Co-chairman:Giulio Maria Pasinetti, MD, PhD,Professor,Saunders Family Chair in Neurology, Director, Center of Excellence for Novel Approaches to Neurotherapeutics Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Professor of Geriatrics and Adult Development, Department of Neurology and Friedman Brain Institute, The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA

9:00-9:25 am -Lipid based delivery system for bioactives in functional foods. Kristberg Kristbergsson, PhD, Professor, Department of Food Science and Nutrition, School of Health Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland

David Heber, MD, Professor, Director of the Center for Human Nutrition at the UCLA, Professor of Medicine and Public Health, the founding Chief of the Division of Clinical Nutrition in the Department of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA